We never had more than two consecutive days of sunshine here this year. The results are fast growing lawns, a lot of weeds, heavy vegetative growth, no ripening of tomatoes and probably reduced water bill because of frequent rains. However, the current forecast at this time is at least five consecutive days of summer sunshine with temperatures between 28C~29C (around 85F) for all five days. It could change but it is bringing sunshine to the feelings and hoping it may help the figs on the trees in the ripening process.
I know it may be a common occurrence for other locations but not here this year.

Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon

Ottawan,

I know you welcome that kind of weather,

Ottawan,
good i hope it continues for you .
Our long term forcast for this week and next is low 80s which is excellent for figs in what i consider very important month for figs at least in my area so they dont be at a stand still.
Please this winter keep the cold up there , last year it was sent my way as our coldest temps saw 23 below zero .    ;)

Martin,

It got down to 23 degrees around here twice last winter!


Oh, wait a minute our weather didn't have that Chicago - (minus)


Sorry Martin, I don't know what came over me, The Devil made me do it.

I just have to Love Ya Babe!

Thats sweet hopefully the warm weather will last so I can eat some Paradiso figs this year for the first time.

I am reminded again this season how important heat/sun are. If we are in the low 90s, figs ripen quickly. Drop that 10 degrees and add some morning clouds, and they take 2-3 days longer to ripen. Sun only every other days has to be even worse.

Ottawan, good for you. Over in BC we have rain rain for the last 2 days and a little more coming for the next few days. This is good for the forest fires here. The football size fig as described by you is 125 gr. Not all from the same variant is of that size. I have another one of that size ripening & the rain is going to spoil it -- splitting  & less sweet taste and flavour. Looks like the air layer is happy with this cooler weather & you would be happy too.

Paully, you should not worry because your potential frost dates are much later than ours. The end of September brings potential risk of frost here but not in Chilliwack B.C.
Cecil: Five sunny warm days will do wonders for fig plants and fig fruits..

Yes good point Ottawan and I feel your pain!


And about frost this is true I just wish I was still living in B.C. Even with the continuous rain all year round this is the best place to grow figs in the outdoors in Canada. If I would go back I would probably move to Osoyoos the warmest place in Canada.

To make you feel better I had 3 years of continuous rainy summers since 2007. Maybe I brought a curse back from B.C.!

I hope our Eastern figs will get more sunshine for what is left of this summer.

(Sometimes it is good to let our frustrations out!)

Ottawan, I agree on the Cecil: Five sunny warm days will do wonders for fig plants and fig fruits..

Jon,you said I am reminded again this season how important heat/sun are. If we are in the low 90s, figs ripen quickly. Drop that 10 degrees and add some morning clouds, and they take 2-3 days longer to ripen. Sun only every other days has to be even worse.

My question to you Jon is what happens to fig plants and figs if you add 15 degrees to that optimal 90 degrees, the reason I'm asking is, does that just put young fig plants to a standstill?

Well, some (or all) good things eventually come to an end. Period of continuous sunny days and high temperatures lasted for some 8 days. Yesterday we had sunny and 32C (~90F). Now we are back to rain, then sunny and cloudy again. That is the figs life here.
Naturally this 8+ sunny warm days cannot be without some benefits to the fig fruit. However, the fruit size at this time is at that stagnant period, as mentioned by Herman in one of his posts, before it stats swelling. So I cannot pin-point any visible progress except some red in the eyes of some figs.

Ottawan,
keep your toes crossed for the fall crop.
Lots of rain here with some wind damage in our and nearby counties, had to move smaller plants under eve of house not to risk damage. Thru next Wednesday highs will be hard press to hit 80 they say with lows in mid 50s. I might move madeira plant in wood shed at Night where temps will stay in 60s as i have 1 normal size fig i would like to get ripe this year as i picked the others off that started coming out late.
Tomorrow will be 71.
Some sunshine though for us will go a long way and help out .
Hope you get lots of sunshine as well and some steady warm temperatures as the sun is not staying out as long anymore.
But there is hope!

Cecil, I am happy to report that we do not have that kind of hot weather, so I am ignorant of the ramifications for small plants. Oviously they grow figs in Iraq, Syria, Iran, Morocco, Algeria, etc where those temps are not uncommon, and hotter. But that doesn't address the small plant issue.

When I was at Davis two years ago, they had temps in the 100s the week before, and many of the fruit were sunburned (brown/tan) on the side facing out to the sun.

There were better examples, but see

I know in FL where temps are hot also many veggie growers that use pots will do a pot in pot method in ground to keep those roots cooler and also to keep the moisture more level.

Well, it is happening again!
Today's forecast for the next few days (Sat to Thurs) is
 
On the average this has been a cold summer with frequent rains here but we expect another week of sunshine with highs ranging from 23C to 27C (74F to 80) and the night lows ranging from 7C to 12C (44F to 53F). I hope it will help somewhat push some of the hard green figs to some level close to ripening. Then we will need just a few more weeks like this to have real ripe figs.
As a consolation, I see loads of fruit on my fall bearing raspberries (Anne, Autumn Bliss, Falls Gold, Double Delight... all in pots like figs, one pot for each type) that should start ripening before the official end of the summer in a couple of weeks. Raspberries are my insurance crop because figs have ripening problem, strawberries have squirrel problems and stone fruits have fruit bud kill problems by frost as well as bees finding it too cold to come out for pollination at bloom time if the bloom survives.
Anyway, persistence will help me find that one elusive no-frost spring and a good warm summer with just the right amount of rain. Is it too much to ask in our Zone 5.